Is the Assessment Tail Wagging the Dog?
An article in today鈥檚 Washington Post entitled School standardized testing is under growing attack, leaders pledge changes points to the …
Looking through a Disciplinary Lens
In the simplest of terms, the difference between teaching 鈥渃ontent area literacy鈥� and teaching 鈥渄isciplinary literacy鈥� has to do with …
Preparing Students to Be Creators of Knowledge
鈥淗ow do you prepare students to be inhabitants of a scientist鈥檚 world, a historian鈥檚 world, or a legislator鈥檚 world? How …
Comics Are Real Reading
Some 鈥渟helfies鈥� our friends took during Banned Books Week showing their support for comics…
Literature Is More Than the Sum of Its Parts
Censorship in schools isn鈥檛 just about what books make it into a reading list. It鈥檚 also about whether we trust …
What Do We Mean by Text?
鈥淚f you are struggling to find the time in class to read, it can be helpful to broaden the definition …
Vocabulary as inspiration?
Vocabulary is at the heart of every subject we teach, but teaching vocabulary usually feels like flossing teeth. You know …
“The View from 3 Feet”
Here鈥檚 a wonderful video from the Opportunity to Learn Campaign about the importance of early childhood education. Note that it …
The Right to Read
They say there鈥檚 鈥渘othing new under the sun,鈥� and when it comes to students and their teachers choosing reading material …
“Cultivating Puzzlement”
A lot of lip service is being paid to teaching literacy in all subject areas in school. But when we …